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Punch Drunk

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Playing around with a new pedal and some tremolo.


5/29/15: messed with the mix and EQ'd the song

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I like the wobbly vibe this song gives throughout and the progression is really good, building on to the melody, though the ending is kind of unexpected and a little variation after that point may have been good instead of just ending the piece off there.

Edit: If you see this again I found this song through random number generator like a year ago lol, I was looking for inspiration to make a gd level to XD. Then I decided to find this again to leave a review on when i made a ng account because why not lol

IndustryStandard responds:

Thanks, glad you liked it! I wish I'd expanded on the song as well, it could do with a bridge or, as you put it, some sort of variation. I think I still have the stems to this one somewhere, maybe I'll mess around with it again at some point but that's a pretty strong maybe. I'd like to see what I can do with my vastly improved production skills, but my time and equipment are significantly more limited nowadays.

I'm particularly curious how you came across this song, being nearly a decade old at this point. Were you just looking through my music and this one stuck out to you? Sometimes my new posts seem to go completely unseen, sometimes my old ones resurface like this, I can't for the life of me figure NG out haha. Feel free to DM me an answer if you want, no worries if you don't.

Thanks again for listening!

I like the guitar riff at the beginning and the sort of oom-pah sort of beat it has. Sometimes, the chords clash a bit. This is a very distorted and ominous sound you have here, especially with the bass at 1:15. I liked the ending, and it also doesn't make that bad of a loop. I think that, stylistically speaking, you took some risks with this piece (especially with the atonality), but it still felt a little minimalistic. You don't really have any predominant melodies or structural relief in this piece. I like what you did with the drums, though. At the same time, I'm not sure how I feel about the way the guitar sort of pulses back and forth in the mix - maybe you could get rid of some more of those treble tones so it doesn't come across as harsh-sounding? Besides that, though, the mixing and mastering is rather good; I can hear everything clearly throughout. I still wanted to see you go more of somewhere with this piece, maybe building off of the melodic riff you had at the very beginning. It seems like it would be more fitting as background music than as a stand-alone piece. Still, this is creative and interesting work and I commend you for it. Keep at it, IndustryStandard. ;)

7.5/10

IndustryStandard responds:

Thanks for the advice! I'm glad to hear that the mixing/mastering came out well because that's something I'm just getting the hang of right now so it's good to know I'm on the right track. I probably won't do any more work on this song, at least not anytime soon, but all your points are definitely good things to keep in mind for future pieces for sure. i have a habit of writing one riff and then just rolling with that but it's about time i started expanding on that i think. Also, though, you said this would work as a background piece better than a stand alone song, and that's pretty much exactly my goal for this song - and most of my music, at least as far as IndustryStandard is concerned. I want to make video game music. But anyway, good advice and thanks for the review!

Interesting sound. Has kind of a goofy tone. It has enough variety for a song of this length in my eyes. I like all of the sounds you used here, to the piano, the plucky sound, and especially the guitar adds a lot here. The main problem I have with the song is the mix. Trying EQing the frequencies on the sounds so they don't clash as much. It will get rid of a lot of the muddiness

IndustryStandard responds:

Mixing is the bane of my existence right now, but i totally agree with you. In fairness, i didn't spend a whole lot of time on the mix so the iffy quality is partly due to my own laziness, but mixing is also something I just haven't quite gotten the hang of yet as that seems to be something that pops up in most of the reviews i get.

Glad to know the music itself is worth listening to though, This'll definitely be something i rework and remix. Thanks for the input!

Nice music man.

IndustryStandard responds:

Thanks, glad you like it!

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Votes
7
Score
4.00 / 5.00

Uploaded
May 23, 2015
3:24 AM EDT
Genre
Video Game
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Song
3.3 MB
1 min 27 sec

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